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Vaccinium haitangense Sleumer

海棠越桔

Description from Flora of China

Shrubs dwarf, evergreen. Twigs terete, pubescent or subglabrous; bud scales inconspicuous. Petiole 1–2 mm; leaf blade oblong-elliptic, 2.2–2.6 × 1–1.2 cm, leathery, glabrous, secondary veins 3 pairs, ascending, slightly raised abaxially, impressed adaxially, base broadly cuneate, margin entire, apex gradually attenuate. Inflorescences at branch apices, racemose, 2–3 cm, glabrous, few flowered; bracts caducous, oblong, ciliate. Pedicel ca. 4 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium glabrous; calyx lobes triangular. Corolla pinkish, urceolate, 4–5 mm, glabrous. Filaments 1–1.5 mm, pilose; anthers ca. 3.5 mm, with 2 spurs; tubules slightly longer than thecae. Berry unknown.

The above description follows that in the protologue.

SC Sichuan (Ganluo).


 

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